By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
While they failed to grab the Italian Super Cup trophy against Virtus Bologna, afterward Olimpia Milano continued perfectly on all fronts. Their latest win came against Fortitudo Bologna with 86-75 as the team improved to 5-0 in the Italian League, the same record as in EuroLeague.
Sergio Rodriguez was the leading scorer for the victors with 16 points while Luigi Datome added 14 and Devon Hall 13 points. Konstantinos Mitoglou added 12 and Shavon Shields 11 points.
For Bologna, Pietro Aradori scored 18 in addition to Malachi Richardson’s 12 and Leonardo Tote’s 11 points. Gabriele Procida score ten.
Fortitudo put up a big fight and kept the deficit close to a minimum by halftime (39-35) and made a small comeback early in the fourth quarter as well (64-62), however, Milano went on an 11-0 run – sparked by Rodriguez and Hall’s threes – which decided the outcome.
LegaBasket Day 5 results:
Reyer Venezia – Pesaro 77-68
Cremona – Brindisi 73-80
Fortitudo Bologna – Olimpia Milano 75-86
Napoli – Virtus Bologna 92-89
Trento – Treviso
Trieste – Tortona
Varese – Reggiana
Sassari – Brescia